Improvement in oil-cans



A. D. HOUSE.

OIL-CAN.

No.181.'680, Patented Aug.29,1876.

N-PEI'ERS, PHOTOLI'I HOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO D. HOUSE, OF ULSTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE HIS RIGHTTO SAMUEL PETERSON, OF STANHOPE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,680, dated August29, 1876; application filed August 7, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALONZO D. HoU'sE, of Ulster, in the county ofBradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters an figures of reference markedthereon.

The figure of the drawing is a representation of a vertical centralsection of my oil-can.

This invention has relation to cans for containing oil; and thenaturevof my invention consists in an oil-can having a removable top, torender its contents accessible through its open mouth, a cylindricalbody, an inverted conical bottom, with an inclined tube proceeding fromthe apex of the cone and provided with a faucet, the tube passingthrough the skirting or body of the can, as will be fully understoodfrom the following description.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the body of my improvedoil-can, which is cylindrical and strengthened by hoops,-in the usualmanner, well known to the trade. Near the lower end of the cylindricalbody A is the bottom of the can, which is an inverted cone, B, tightlysecured by its base edge to the inner portion of the can. At

v the apex or lowest portion of the conical bottom B one end of adraw-0E pipe, 0, is secured, which pipe extends downward and outward andpasses through the skirting of the can, outside of which a cock isapplied to this pipe. Whatever sediment is precipitated from the oilwill collect at the lowest part of the conical-shaped bottom B, and willbe carried kerosene or other volatile oils, provided with an inclinedbottom and surrounded by a wooden casing, has heretofore been employed,as shown in Letters Patent granted to E. L. Allen, dated May 8, 1866,and I, therefore, lay no claim to such invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's

As a new article of manufacture, the oil-can herein described,consisting of the cylindrical body A,having a removable top, to renderits contents accessible through its open mouth, the inverted conicalbottom B, and inclined tube O, the latter being provided with a fancetand passing through the body, as set forth. i

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the-presence of two witnesses.

- ALONZO D. HOUSE. Witnesses: T. FLEMING LENT, WM. '1. MEAD.

